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Michael Fabricant & Stephen Brier's Austerity Blues: Fighting for the Soul of Public Higher Education

Michael Fabricant & Stephen Brier's Austerity Blues: Fighting for the Soul of Public Higher Education

Michael Fabricant & Stephen Brier's Austerity Blues: Fighting for the Soul of Public Higher Education

Reviewed by Nick Juravich

Reviews, Contemporary Era, EducationGuest UserOctober 12, 2017Comment

Brian Donovan's Respectability on Trial: Sex Crimes in NYC, 1900-18

Brian Donovan's Respectability on Trial: Sex Crimes in NYC, 1900-18

Brian Donovan's Respectability on Trial: Sex Crimes in NYC, 1900-18

By Hugh Ryan

Reviews, Gender & SexualityGuest UserAugust 29, 2017Comment

A Haunting Reminder of Our Past

A Haunting Reminder of Our Past

A Haunting Reminder of Our Past

By Jerry Mikorenda

Reviews, American Revolution, BrooklynGuest UserAugust 24, 2017Comment

Timothy Egan's The Immortal Irishman

Timothy Egan's The Immortal Irishman

Timothy Egan's The Immortal Irishman

Reviewed by R. Bryan Willits

Reviews, Race & EthnicityGuest UserAugust 10, 2017Comment

An Unsung Hero of the New York Art Scene

An Unsung Hero of the New York Art Scene

An Unsung Hero of the New York Art Scene

Reviewed by Marjorie Heins

Reviews, Arts & CultureGuest UserAugust 3, 2017Comment

Stéphane Tonnelat and William Kornblum's International Express

Stéphane Tonnelat and William Kornblum's International Express

Stéphane Tonnelat and William Kornblum's International Express

Reviewed by Dominique Jean-Louis

Reviews, Transportation, QueensGuest UserJuly 26, 2017Comment

A Lexow Effect? Daniel Czitrom's New York Exposed

A Lexow Effect? Daniel Czitrom's New York Exposed

A Lexow Effect? Daniel Czitrom's New York Exposed

Reviewed by Brian J. Rizzo

Reviews, Gilded AgeGuest UserJuly 21, 2017Comment

Kim Phillips-Fein's Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics

Kim Phillips-Fein's Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics

Kim Phillips-Fein's Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics

Reviewed by Jacqueline Brandon

Reviews, Urban Decline & Fiscal CrisisGuest UserJuly 20, 2017Comment

Gardens of Eden: Long Island’s Early Twentieth-Century Planned Communities

Gardens of Eden: Long Island’s Early Twentieth-Century Planned Communities

Gardens of Eden: Long Island’s Early Twentieth-Century Planned Communities

Reviewed by Tim Keogh

Urban Planning, ReviewsGuest UserJuly 11, 2017Comment

Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro's Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas

Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro's Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas

Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro's Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas

Reviewed by Maeve Montalvo

Metropolitan Region, ReviewsGuest UserJune 28, 2017Comment